European Dream!
WHAT DOES ALBANIA NEED TO IMPROVE?
The
perception of the current situation in
Albania must be real! Not all share the same
view about the political climate in Albania. Realistic
view allows us
to see clearly and
cleanly what has been done and what has to be done in the
future. Confucio
said: “In un paese ben governato la povertà
è qualcosa di cui ci si deve vergognare”. In my opinion there are two kinds
of poverties in Albania.
a- Political Poverty
b- Economical Poverty
a- Political Poverty
This category includes some
"politicians" or
"pretenders candidates"
who believe that in
the future they should represent the people and run the country.
This is very obvious during election campaigns
and selection of candidates for future deputies. These are candidates who are
not elected on the principle
of competition, education
or knowledge but
by different preferences
of their leaders
or based on their economic
wealth.
It
is clear that people themselves faces a dilemma in such a selection.
And then what can be
expected from these flows that are whether commencement or resumption when there is a thought that
these candidates will determine the fate of the "demos" (people)
within and outside
the country.
Can we think
that these people can lead Albania forward?
This is an issue that
would be verified before we reached here. However, the road that has to be crossed is extremely difficult and the challenges are much
greater than solutions.
However,
it is very obvious
contrast of these "politicians" or
"pretenders" with
EU leaders if the idea is that in the future we
will be part of this family, including the
political will of our politicians and if we meet the
standards required by the EU.
We
should point out that representatives of various
EU countries are there
thanks to their intellectual
capacity and thanks
to fair competition within EU institutions and
not by chance, preferences
or different party colors.
Albania
does not have only this category of politicians, on the other hand there are other politicians or progeny
that recognize respect and dignity by the people who surround them, who are
educated and who are
skilled at what they believe.
b-
Economical Poverty
Certainly, the economic crisis of some EU countries gave its
effects in Albania. The fact that the
majority of Albanian immigrants
live and work in these
countries, brought its influence in the
Albanian economy, through the decline
of remittances etc.
What
are the challenges for a prosperous
Albania?
Ø Economic Recovery
·
Reduction of Debt
·
Strengthening debt management practices; the bank of Albania is related with the developments of Europe, so European crisis
affects directly Albania.
The revenues of the country are insufficient to meet
the debt.
·
Economic stability and growth
·
Fair
Competition
Ø Citizens Safety
In "Security Strategy of the
European Union" Brussels
is written: “No single country is able to
tackle today’s complex problems on its own” Also
Albania can not only confront problems without
the cooperation of its domestic institutions and
especially without the cooperation
of its neighbors.
§ Consolidation, cooperation and transparency between
Police-Court-Citizen
It
is known that there are laws and institutions,
police and prosecutors,
but more work is needed on consolidating
and strengthening these institutions, in order to
achieve higher standards of security
for citizens in
Albanian territory.
-The
police should be more cooperative with people,
more present not only in urban centers but
also in the suburbs.
-The
court must do its work in a
transparent and impartial way.
-Court should cooperate more closely
with the police
-Periodic checks, audits the
performance of this institution.
To
achieve this, the models and
experiences of our EU allies must be following, which are the best as well
international organizations such as the
OSCE security etc.
§ How safe are Albanian citizens?
§ How safe is the life of an Albanian in Albania?
It is not known and it is
never safe. It is not safe comparing it with neighboring
countries and EU
member countries. Man goes to work
in the morning and do not know whether or
not he is returning safe back home at night. Why? Why is that? An
American expression says:
"Everything happens for a reason." That’s true, everything happens
for a reason
and that is because:
1 - Weapons (weapons
without permission) are still present.
It is still a
field where murders
and crimes strike
in the city, village, and the peak height of the movement of people, in the middle of the day. There
have been cases where innocent bystanders have become victims.
2-Home and vehicle theft
3-Enormous
Road accidents
These are reason:
• How many roads in
Albania are within
international standards?
• How many people have died in Highways:
Lezhe - Tirana, Tirana
- Durres etc..
?
• How many people have died just trying to
cross the road?
• How many drivers
know how to read the traffic signs?
• How many drivers
are able to pass
the test for the driver license without the help of
the money?
• How many mistakes in the designation of the roads have taken lives or have become
a cause of accidents?
• How many crossovers are needed in residential
areas?
• How many people have died just trying to
avoid potholes?
• How many road signs do function?
·
How many white lines that separate the lanes of the road
are distinct? And
if an accident happen, how should we
know that we have passed the line or not if that line does not exist.
• How many traffic
light junctions work?
• Is there any
regulation for their
maintenance? Many of them are not working for long time.
There are traffic lights that have been left
disconnected at the
red light where
the subject often becomes chaos, confusion
and cause of accidents for both domestic and foreign.
• Why there are not facades that serve
to slow speed near
homes in villages or near schools?
Here and there in some of the villages inhabited residents
have placed pieces of striped concrete
streets in order to have at least one extra security element.
I wonder, Taxes that I pay to the state every year
for my car, will there be a day
when these taxes are
put into service and maintenance of
the road infrastructure?
Here
then all these problems are to be seen
and to set goals
to reduce significantly the number of road
accidents in order to save
lives.
Ø Education and Employment
“A strategy for
smart sustainable and inclusive growth”. This is expressed in the motto of the European Commission's communication in Brussels for the strategy
of 2020. This expression
find place in a great
European family, but
is also a bell for those who
should become part of the EU in the
future. Innovation and knowledge are two
key concepts at
the heart of any society. These concepts are leading to any country that
promotes the growth of intelligence and knowledge
to further education,
competition for jobs,
making them more attractive toward EU, to work and study.
In my view, education system in Albania
should have an integration
strategy that encompasses
in a single shaft
education, training and employment
§ Education
- Profesional
Education
-
System on the authenticity verification of degree
ü High Shools,
ü University
ü Graduate,
ü PhD.
It is a required element
in the EU countries (dichiarazione di Valore-Italy)
§ QUALIFICATION
We live in a time where technological innovations
are progressing rapidly as a result; more jobs
will require high standards of
qualification, whether in Albania
or abroad. Europe
requires more skilled
people with higher
education with innovative knowledge, in order to keep
its economy competitive worldwide.
§ UNEMPLOYMENT
Mobilization
of employment-training
promoting to labor
market inside and out of state as a route based on skills and experience.
This will help many
young and new job seekers to be prepared in order to enter the labor
market either European or Albanian.
This
is worth it because: many
young people are educated but cannot find work,
in one hand we influence to increased rates of education
on the other hand increased unemployment figures. We should have a public and private mechanism with national
and international partners in order to maintain
employment and education
attached to each other.
Transparency job-Vacancies – Job Vacancies should
be advertised with full transparency in
public and private sector and not
after they had recruit people to work.
RAILWAY INFRASTRUCTURE
The
railway infrastructure in Albania is not at the right level. According to the web-site of the
Ministry of Transport we have
only 447 km
railway, with an
inventory of 66 passenger
coaches, 225 of goods wagons, and 25 locomotives.
The
fact that Albania is in
a such a geographical position with exits in a Sea and land enables
the transport connection
with Balkan neighbors
but also with
those of the EU and beyond. If we refer to neighboring countries will observe
that they have very large profits, through the
railway system.
Objectives for a better railroad
system:
1-Railway
infrastructure
2-
Logistic Rail
3- Cooperation agreements with its neighbors
in order to have access
to Balkan railway system, where the Albanian
trains travel outside Albanian border either
for a trade
or tourism purposes.
Positive Impact:
This will bring a great development in Albania
and in the Albanian
undeveloped areas. Export - import of various goods,
as well as the transport of people, good enough
to facilitate the free movement of
people within Albania.
On the other hand,
would bring greater savings to families and will
also significantly affect the reduction of
pollution.
However, it would increase the number of employees in Albania, many
tourists that wishing to explore the country will travel easier.
To improve all these
issues effectively takes a long
time but many of these problems mentioned in this article can be solved. Finally, we
must remember that leaders
should lead the country! However, Albania would not have achieved anything without the vision of these men and a few women politicians. Yet political
leaders of today should
be more capable to
address these concerns and solve the problems.
